rn7f?fn
M
UVUL
A
C v
I.
I
1
i
h
PRICE FIVE CENTS
111 TT ffl WVWVSAAAAArfA
By FRANK JENKINS
rVV for London no there will
Ijo n brcuk In these chron
icles until tho air mull cutches
U.
TN going to a foreign country
(other, Dint in, 1 1 in 11 tho coun
tries of tho Western Hemisphere,
which Imvo n moro or loss
chummy agreement thiit If you'll
tuko our we'll lake yours) one
iloe.m't Just toss n toothbrush und
en extra shirt Into his grip and
tuko off. It's u llttla more com
plicated tlinn that. Especially
In war time.
Klr.it one secures n passport.
A passport Is primarily tho per
mission of his government to
travel In other lands, but It Is
ii llttlo more than that. In It the
secretary of state, over his nig
nature, requests "nil whom it
may concern to permit (the
bearer) safely and freely to puss
and In case of need to give nil
lawful aid and protection (to the
Hearer) as a citizen 01 tlio united
Stales."
It Is a little green book about
the size nnfl thickness of a pocket
noicnooK. u curries your piC'
turn, duly scaled by tho depart'
merit of stnte, for comparison;
and check-up. (After Hiking one
look nt his passport photograph,
li It Is normal and average, one
knows how a roguo feels after
being mugged for the gallery.)
A passport sets you back on
your heels to the extent of $8.
TJAV1NG secured your govern.
nicnt's permission to go visit
lug. you next secure tiie per
mission of tho first prospective
vlsltee. This Is known ai a
"visa," which Is diplomatic
language for look-see, and the
British, being sticklers for exact
language, stale that the passport
was I'scen1' on such and such a
date.
It Is "seen" at the consulate,
and in Washington tho British
consulate Is located at tho British
embassy,
THIS writer, like most country
Americans, had always rather
vaguely assumed that when one
calls at the Dritish embassy, for
whatever purpose, ho is apt to
be met at the door by a bevy of
liveried footmen, wlillo outside,
perhaps, is a platoon of Guards
men In tall shakos.
As a matter of fact, you stroll
In much ns if you were coming
in to pay your subscription to
this newspaper, tell a mild little
nan the name of the porson
you want to see (without even
explaining why) and If you hap
pen to know him you arc told
as llko ns not to toddle along
and sco if you can find him,
When you do find him, ho Is
attired not In n morning coal
nnd striped trousers but In a
sport Jacket and slacks.
It Is a great shock.
WITH your passport duly
" "seen," you trot down to
the offices of the airline, whose
agent tells you that no matter
what you have been told you
DO need nn Irish visa, for the
vicissitudes of the wenther or
other fnctors might compel you
to land In Eire, and if you were
caught there without tho neces
sary permission where would
you be. So you flag a taxi nnd
, dnsh out to the Irish legation
which, asldo from having a
scroll of tho Harp of Erin In
the back of each chair, looks like
any other hnlf office nnd half
rosldoncc nnd get your vlsn.
It costs you 20 cents which
Is nn obvious bargain, since tho
pleasant young woman who docs
tho "seeing" takes a half hour
for tho Job, nnd you don't have
to bo in Washington lohg to
(Continued on Page Three)
Servicemen Make
Honor Structures
A gnla reminder to the fight
ing spirit of each unit of tho ma
rine corps, two totem poles re
cently assembled in front of' tho
Marino Barracks hostess house,
will meet the eyes of all future
visitors nnd incoming Leather
necks to tho post.
Consisting of unit shoulder
pntehes . painted on masnnlto,
each of tho six marina divisions
am represented on tho sldo fac
ing tho mnln gate. On two othnr
sides of tho J 0-foot' poles are
patches which represent defense
groups, aviation, engineers, dog
battalions, nlr wing groups, am
phibious corps, raiders, para
troopers, ships' dotnehmcnts, and
amphibious tractors.
: At tho top of each structure Is
n gold eaglo standing three foot
high with a seven foot wing
spread, i
The poles were designed nnd
painted by Cpl. Anthony Gior
dano nnd the cnglcs were de
signed by PFC Norbcrt Ilcldt.
The carpenter's shop did the
construction. I
Truman
Historic
Symbolic Rite
POTSDAM, July 20 (!) Pres
ident Truman, speaking at n
symbolic flagrnlslng over con
liercd Berlin, said today Un
united Stales wanted not one
piece of territory, but "pence
and prosperity for the world ns
a whole.
Tho speech had great signifi
cance ugulnst its background of
tho Big Three conference, where
tho president Is Joining Britain
and lunula in helping to settle
European boundary nnd other
problems.
"We uro raising tills flug In
E
SOUTH COAST
FOR INVASION
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, July 20 (I') A
50-mile stretch of the South
China const Is firmly In Chinese
hands and open for n sea-borne
invasion of the continent, the
Chinese 111 g h command an
nounced today.
Chinese forces, striking east
ward along the Kwungtung
provinco coastal highway from
the town of Tlnpnk, which they
recently took nnd thereby sev
ered Japanese communications
between Canton and Hainan is
land; reached tho vicinity of the
road Junction city of Ycung
kong, BO miles from Tlnpnk and
125 miles southwest of Canton.
A Chinese army spokesman,
MaJ.-Gcn. Kun Chi-Chih, snid the
Japanese had moved 100,000
troops from Hunan province to
the const of Shantung in the Inst
four weeks, anticipating an
American landing.
Ho estimated that 1.000,000
Japanese combat troops were In
(Continued on Pnge Four)
Marine Corps
. y I . " , ( " v f
Poles erected near Hoitesi house carry insignia of six Leather
neck divisions. (Official Marine Corps Photo).
U.w.n Of If
Telephone 8111
KLAMATH FALLS. C
. ' O'
Rai
Flag in
tho nnme of the people of the
United Slates, who arc looking
forward to n better world, n
peaceful world, in which all the
people will have an opportunity
of enjoying peace and oppor
tunity, Mr. Truman saia.
The Stars nnd Stripes rniscd
over the United States group
council hcudquurtcrs In the
former hcaduuurtcrs of ucr
mnny's air defense wns tho flag
that flew over the capltol in
Washington the day the United
States entered the wnr agnlnst
the axis. It flew over Algiers
when that city was Gen. bison
bower's headquarters nnd over
Home when the first axis capital
was captured. It Is destined to
be raised over Tokyo.
"Let's not forget that wo ore
fighting for peace and for the
welfare of mankind," Mr. Tru
mun told the troops lined up
for the ceremony. "Wc arc not
fighting for conquest.
Peace Aim
"There Is not one piece of
territory or one thing of n mone
tary nature that we want out of
this war. wo want peace ana
prosperity for the world ns a
whole. We want to sec the time
come when wc can do the things
In Dcnce that wc have been able
to in war. If wc can put this
tremendous machine of ours
which hns mndo this victory pos
sible, to work for peace wc
could look forward to the grcot
est ngc in the history of man
kind.
"That Is what we propose to
do."
Mr. Trumnn told the soldiers
picked Infnntrymen from the
second armored division, that
they nnd, "proved conclusively
that ii frco people can look after
tho affairs of the worm, ine
president spoke after Vice-Ad
mlrnl' Emory S. Land, chief of
the U. S. maritime commission
nnd wnr shipping administra
tion, arrived wun nis sian in
response to a spcclnl request
from President iruman.
The president spoke extern
porancously for two minutes.
Gen. Omar Bradley, new vet
(Continued on Page Four)
Builds Totems
y '
.v .O
.AY, JULY 20. 1(46
T
HIDES ACTION
OF THIRD FLEET
CUAM, July 20 UP) A radio
blackout such as preceded the
first American naval bombard
ment of Japan screened opcr
ations of Adm. William F. Hal
scy's powerful U. S. third fleet
today.
Even verbose Tokyo radio mo
mentarily broke off warning Its
listeners that the task force
would be back to strike at some
unexpected place.
Adm. Chester W. NlmlU' Fri
day communique gave no hint
of movements of American or
associated British Pacific naval
units in the eleventh day since
Halscy began roaming up and
down the coast of Japan un
challenged.
Nor did he disclose results of
the Joint air and naval bom
bardment of the approaches to
Tokyo bay.
Latest Blast
Latest announced attack was
tho Wednesday-Thursday mid
night bombardment of Nojima
Point, 50 miles from Tokyo, by
cruisers and destroyers. The
fourth naval bombardment of
Japan, it came on the heels of
a fierce sweep by hundreds of
carrier planes over fighting
Japanese naval units trapped in
Tokyo bay's Yokosuka naval
base.
Bad weather reported yester
day may still be hampering ob
servations of results oi tnese
heavy assaults. Or results may
be withheld purely because of
radio silence wnuc tne iicel
shifts to new targets.
JaD Navy "Walts"
Wherever the allied- fleet is,
Japanese .broadcasts, reiterated
, (Continued on .rage tour)
U. S. ASKS BRITAIN
TO LIFT SUEZ TOLL
WASHINGTON, July 20 (IP)
The United States is pressing
Britain anew to absorb - under
reverse lend-lease Suez canal
lolls on American ships rede
ploying fighting men and equip
ment to the Pacific.
This was learned today along
with the fact that while this
country lend-leases all Panama
canal charges on British ships,
the united states paid su,34i,-
3UU on &ucz tons irom me start
of the war to last January 1. .
As troops pour eastward irom
now-silent European battlefields
to speed victory against Japan,
shipping going through the vital
Suez gateway will mount.
u. s.-uruish negotiations on
the Suez charges were revealed
in an exchange of letters be
tween Representative Robertson
(R-N. D.) and the foreign eco
nomic administration.
f EA told Robertson this gov
ernment first asked Britain to
lend-lease the canal charges in
(Continued on Page Four)
Freight Truck
Burns On Highway
A truck belonging to tho West
Coast Fast Freight company
burned completely Thursday at
a:3u p, m, it miles north of une
mult on highway 58. The driver,
Claire Johnson, received minor
burns on his arms.
, The truck was fln.Tgcd down
by a passing motorist who in
formed Johnson that the truck
was on fire. He was unable to
control the blaze, which started
In the rear end of the vehicle
around the differential, and the
truck and cargo are a total loss
Equipment for the naval air
bnse at Oakland and some for
Maro Island were being hauled
In the truck, The trailer wns de
tached from the truck and saved.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H,
Brooklyn 10 13
Chicago 4 5
Seats, Bukcr (5), and Sand-
lock; Passeau, Erickson (5), Chip
man (6), Starr (8), and Living
ston. Game called 8 lit Inning by
previous agreement.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Chicago 6 11 1
Boston 3 10 3
Lopat and Tresh; Hausmnnn,
Barrett (3), Terry (8), and Gar
bark, R. H. E.
St. Louis 4 5 1
New York 3 8.0
Jakucki and Mnncuso: Gcttcl.
Holcombe (7) and Reseller.
NEWS BLACKDU
(July 20)
Max. (July 19) ... 85 Min 54
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
; Stream year to data 13,28
; Normal 12,08 Last yaar 10.42
Foracasti CUar and warmer.
Oregon Coast Blaze
. li
Flames lick into green timber as fire destroys thousands of acres
of forest land.
U. S. To Send Six Million
Tons Of Coaf To Europe
. waswngtqn; July 20 '
Secretary . oi tne interior ickcs
today announced that if possible,
about 6,000,000 tons of Ameri
can coal will be shipped' to Eu
rope for civilian use, between
now and January 1.
He said he wanted the Ameri
can people- "to know that this
decision involves the risk that
we may have to suffer a short
age of coal in this country next
winter more acute than hereto
fore predicted," and that coal al
lotments for home consumption
may have to be reduced.
Worst Fuel Shortage
Earlier, ho had predicted "the
worst fuel shortage of the war"
for this country.
Noting that the decision to
ship coal to Europe was reached
as a result of reports received
within the last few days on the
"desperate" coal situation there,
Ickcs said "the race in Europe
today is one between coal and
anarchy.", , -
Needs Coal
Europe must have coal with
out loss of time if serious politi
cal and social upheavals are to
be prevented, he said in a state
ment, adding:
"I do not think that it is go
ing too far to say that a coal
famine of such severity as to de
stroy nearly a:l semblance of
law and order is certain to occur
in certain countries in north
west Europe next winter unless
immediate and drastic action is
taken now.
"I have reached this decision
only after the most careful con
sideration. I have been largely
influenced by the urgent and
unanimous recommendaions of
Former Marine
To Teach, Coach
At Local School
MaJ. Clyde Roberts, former
executive officer at the Marine
Barracks here, has accepted a
teaching position at Klamath
Union high school next year
and is being retired from the
marine corps.
Roberts will teach ' algebra
and will also coach minor sports
at KUHS. Ho graduated from
the U. S. Naval academy at
Annapolis in 1920 and is on in
active duty at present at Min
neapolis, Minn.
While stationed at the Marine
Barracks, Roberts acted as head
coach of the Leatherneck foot
ball team and produced a good,
aggressive eleven. Ho partici
pated in civic enterprises in
connection with tho Barracks
and is well-known in Klamath
Falls.
Casey Nominated
For Beatty Post
Veston H. Casey of the post
office in Beattv has been nom
inated for an Oregon postmaster
ship. His nnme with that of
Daniel E. O'Conner, Paisley, has
been sent to the senate by Presi
dent Truman, according . to- a
wire message from Washington.
Number 10571
1 M l.
MA--A
Id
! other, agencies in the eovem-
ment wnicn nave political, po
ncing ana supply responsibilities
in Europe."
'.'1 know of only one sure way
to avoid disaster in Europe and
further distress at home, Ickes
said. "That is to increase pro
duction and to increase produc
tion we must have more coal
miners. There is only one
source of additional coal miners
and that is the army.
He noted that he has appealed
(Continued on Page Four)
AUSSJES RETAKE
JAP OIL FIELDS
By DEAN SCHEDLER
MANILA, July 20 (iP)
Australian troops on Borneo
thrust five miles to overrun the
rich Sambodja oil fields and re
finery without a fight. '
They found only two Japanese
defending the great field, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur said today.
The field formerly produced
7,000,000 barrels of ready-to-use
crude oil a year.
The Sambodja field is one of
the three major pools in eastern
Borneo feeding the ruined re
finery district around Balikpa
pan. The attacking Australian
7th division found great fires
roaring through the field, in
dicating that the Japanese had
followed the Dutch example of
1942 and scorched the oil-soaked
earth as they left.
Japanese resistance apparent
ly collaosed or withdrew after a
bitter dpfense had been put up
at the field's aDDroaches.
Sambodja village, normally
Inhabited by about 1500 people,
is 28 miles northeast of Balikpa
pan and is situated on one of th
pipelines that used to feed
Balikpapan.
Japs Rebuilt
Despite Dutch destruction In
1942, the Japanese quickly put
this great eastern oil district
(Continued on Page Four)
Marine To Teach
0 4Jy "
n
t li l-s atvtX
Clyde Roberts, above, who will
teach and coach at KUHS.
100 Evacuated
From Town In 1
Flames' Path
PORTLAND, Ore., July 20 CP) A few stole housewives la
lumber town 50 miles northwest of here calmly wiped the
morning dishes today with a 55-square mile forest fire only 300
to 1000 feet away.
The giant Wilson river blase, which roared so close to Glen
wood last night that about 100 persons were evacuated, stowed
as it hit green timber near the town.
The women who refuted to leave continued their usual
morning chores today amid a blue smoke fog. The men, em
ployes of Consolidated Timber company on whose property the
tiny village lies, were all on fire linei.
THICK SMOKE
The blase, barely visible through smoke so thick that light!
mutt be turned on in late afternoon, was only smouldering
near the town this morning. Foresters hoped unless high winds
arise during the day they , ,
could keep the flames from the I
lumber mill and nearby homes.
The mill was closed today.
Meanwhile, on the opposite
end of the giant blaze, flames
were moving westward in what
foresters described as a "fluid
state." One edge was roaring to
ward a Portland mills camp
south of Jordan creek.
Much of the fire-fighting
equipment was concentrated on
the eastern end, where army
trucks rolled all night to evac
uate some of the Glenwood fam
ilies. Orange Fog
Women and children rode
with household belongings in
most of the drab-colored ve
hicles, as an orange fog swirled
down from surrounding hills.
Men and older boys in the fam
ilies, which lived on Consoli
dated Timber company proper
ty, stayed behind to battle with
weary, smoke-begrimed fire
crews.
The blaze had eaten within
500 feet of the Glenwood com
munity, -where smoke has ob
scured the sun for a week. A
(Continued on Page Four)
E;
50,000 STILL IDLE
By The Associated Press )
.' Labor disputes, in five, indus
tries were ended today, enabling
more than 15.000 employes to go
oacK to tneir jobs, but worK
stoppages across the nation kept
an additional 50,000 idle.
As old controversies were set
tled, at least temporarily, new
ones broke " out to show only
little gains in the total number
of workers affected by the stop
pages during the last 24 hours.
A three-day walkout over a
contract dispute at the Pennsyl
vania shipyards in Beaumont,
Tex., enabled 8000 employes to
return to work, while in Oak
land, Calif., a Jurisdictional dis
pute which tied up repair . of
21 government ships ended as
3000 AFL craftsmen obeyed a
national war labor board back
to work directive.
The five-day work stoppage at
the Joseph S. Finch and com
pany distillery in Schenley, Pa.,
ended last night and 2200 work
ers were to return to their Jobs.
In South Bend, Ind., CIO United
Automobile Workers voted to
go back to their jobs Monday
at. the Torrington company; to
end a walkout that had tied up
production of bearings since
June 11. The fifth stoppage end
ed was at the Stokes Rubber
company in Trenton, N. J.,
where about 700 strikers voted
to go back to work today. .
Army Hunis 10,000 Jap
Troops In Okinawa Hills
By ROBERT GEIGER
OKINAWA, July 20 (P) An
estimated 10,000 Japanese troops
are hiding in northern Okin
awa's rugged mountains, the
army, estimated today, a month
after the island was captured.
The Nipponese are being
hunted down and killed, at an
average of 50 daily, It was an
nounced at headquarters of Lt.
Gen. John R. Hodge', command
er of the 24th army corps.
After a lapse of almost' a
month, Japanese planes have
given Okinawa four air alerts
in two nights. Marine night
fighters shot down three of the
enemy. Another raid was tried
under cover of a storm. Three
of the Japanese crashed, only
one in an occupied area. Three
Americans were injured.
Radio Tokyo claimed, without
confirmation, that Nipponese
raiders "cornered and attack a
group of enemy warships" in
Okinawan waters yesterday and
sank a cruiser and a largo trans
port. .
Nip Attack
While the 82-day battle raged
for Okinawa, vital as an air and
naval base to prosecution of the
war against Japan, Nipponese
aerl attacks on shipping were
frequent. The enemy sank 32
U. S. vessels and damaged some
60 in the entire Ryuftus cam
paign, including U. S. fleet at
tacks on the Japanese mainland,
, Hodge's headquarters said
new information indicates there
were 90,000 Japanese garrison
troops on Okinawa when the
Americans landed April 1 and
PLANES THROW
NCEilES
NIP TOWNS
By AL DOPKIN r
GUAM, July 20 (P) More
than 600 Superfortresses In rec
ord strength set conflagrations
in five Japanese industrial cent
ers with 4000 tons of incendiary
bombs today as Okinawa-based
tactical air forces made the war's
heaviest raid on Shanghai and
Thunderbolt f i g h t e r-bombcrs
sealed off rail transport to the
Japanese city of Kagoshima.
The Superfortresses set Fukul,
Hitachi, Chosi and Okazakl
aflame and struck the Nippon
oil refinery at Amagasaki a
heavy blow in raids before
dawn. ,
The weather forced lnstru
ment bombing at all targets ex'
cept Fukui, but all results were
declared to be good to excellent.
Two B-29's were lost; five crew
men from one ship were rescued.
The Japanese Domci Agency
admitted some damage from the.
raids.. . .. ;. . -.
(In a followup on the B-29
raid, about 100 Mustang fighter
planes attacked targets in
central Honshu about noon, to
day,, radio Tokyo said. They
strafed the Okazakl and Toyo-
(Continued on Page Four)
$4000 Damage
When Fire
Razes Barn
A fire which destroyed the
hay barn, milking machine and
killed four calves caused about
$4000 damage on the Ed Popple
place on Thursday, according te
the Klamath county fire depart
ment.
The trucks from the county
shops battled the blaze for an
hour before it was put out about
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. !:
Other small grass fires have
been plaguing fire units and the
county trucks were called to
the Baker gravel pit north of
town on Thursday afternoon to
extinguish a blaze which cover
ed about 30 acres on hills there.
The city fire department was
also called on Thursday after
noon to the fire near the Baker
gravel pits.
On Friday morning, the trucks
were called to Elm and Market
to put out a small grass fire. '
that the Nipponese drafted 50,
000 Okinawans for military
service. This total of 140,000
defenders was nearly double the
preinvaslon U. S. estimates, i: .
100.000 Killed
' More -than 100,000 Japanese
troops and Okinawan conscripts
were killed in battle and about
10,000 have been slain or cap
tured since the island was se
cured June 22. "
Col. Cecil W. Nlst, San An
tonio, Tex., said that during the
vicious fighting, for Okinawa,
more than 97 per cent of the
Japanese troops preferred to die
fighting or by suicide rather
than surrender, but that since
June 16, when they began sur
rendering in the closing days of
battle, 26 per cent of . those
cornered have given up.
Of an estimated 410,000 Okin
awan civilians on the Island,'
240,000 are in Internment,
A careful search of the Island
has failed to disclose the fate
of Americans taken prisoner by
the Japanese. ! v
No American List -
Tlicro has been no announce
ment of the number of Ameri
cans believed taken prisoner.
It has been estimated as high as
several hundred. U. S. casualty
lists for the Okinawa campaign
show 236 men missing. Fighting
men who fell prisoner to the
Nipponese would be In that
group. "
Army patrols still are search.
Ing out Japanese troops, hiding
In caves and other retreats. If
a call fails to bring out any
enemy troops, the caves are
sealed with dynamite.